Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, William H., 1942 

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WILLIAM HENRY RAIFORD 

   William H. Raiford, after a long illness, passed away at his home at 
Corinth last Friday morning, aged 85 years.  He was the youngest son of 
Lemuel and Sallie Fiveash Raiford, and last surviving of their six children.

   In January, 1887, he married Ada J. Hedgepeth, who died in June, 1939. 
Their six children survive; Mrs. J.J. Wetherald, Berwyn, Md.; Dr. T. Ernest 
Raiford, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ralph W. Raiford, Richmond; Lindley M. Raiford, 
Washington; W. Burnley Raiford and Miss Marjorie E. Raiford, Ivor.  He leaves 
also 16 grandchildren, three nephews, two nieces and a host of other relatives.

   In his youth he joined Black Creek Baptist Church and remained a faithful 
member of that communion throughout his life.  He was a deacon of that 
congregation for at least 50 years, and was its oldest member.  He was known 
throughout his community for his innate goodness, and for his active support 
of all religious and educational movements.

   Funeral services were conducted at Black Creek at 2:30 p.m. Sunday by his 
pastor, the Rev. W.B. Watson, assisted by the Rev. Rufus Corbitt of Colosse 
and the Rev. James R. Stein of Corinth.  Joel Holland of Murfreesboro, N.C., 
sang "Face to Face," and the choir sang "Rock of Ages" and "It Is Well with 
My Soul."  Interment was made in the Raiford burying ground.


William Henry RAIFORD, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 6 Feb 1942, at home, Corinth, age 85, 
interred in Corinth Friends (RAIFORD-BRADSHAW) Cemetery*, near Corinth, 
   8 Feb 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 13, 1942, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-7): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," June 30, 1939, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163a6ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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